Thomas Oldham Barlow
(1824-1889), Engraver and etcherSitter in 5 portraits
Artist associated with 45 portraits
Thomas Oldham Barlow, engraver and etcher, was born in Manchester. He was apprenticed to a firm of engravers before moving to London. In 1849, he exhibited his first work at the Gallery of the Society of British Artists, and two years later, he began exhibiting at the Royal Academy. He engraved works after Sir John Everet Millais, John Philip, Sir Edwin Henry Landseer, Richard Ansell and J.M.W. Turner. In 1873, Barlow was elected an honorary member of the Manchester Academy of Fine Arts. He was also elected a member of the Etching Club, whose secretary he was for many years. Barlow was elected an associate engraver of the Royal Academy in 1873, and became a Royal Academician in 1881.
by Thomas Oldham Barlow, published by Moore, McQueen & Co, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
etching and aquatint, published 1 January 1867 (1689)
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by Thomas Oldham Barlow, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
etching, circa 1867 (1689)
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by Thomas Oldham Barlow, after Henry Tanworth Wells
mezzotint, 1868
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by Thomas Oldham Barlow, published by R. Ingalton Drake, after Robert Hannah
mezzotint, published 21 September 1869
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by Thomas Oldham Barlow, printed by Thomas Brooker, after John Callcott Horsley
mezzotint, (1869)
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(Paul) Julius de Reuter, Baron de Reuter (né Israel Beer Josaphat)
by Thomas Oldham Barlow, after (Wilhelm Augustus) Rudolf Lehmann
mixed-method engraving, circa 1880
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by Thomas Oldham Barlow, published by Thomas Agnew & Sons Ltd, after Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Bt
mezzotint, published 20 May 1881 (1879)
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by Thomas Oldham Barlow, after Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Bt
mezzotint, 1884 (1881)
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by Thomas Oldham Barlow, published by Fine Art Society Ltd, after Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Bt
mixed-method engraving, published 1 May 1882 (1881)
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Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
by Thomas Oldham Barlow, after Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Bt
mezzotint, (1883)
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by Thomas Oldham Barlow, after Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Bt
mixed-method engraving, published 1884
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by Thomas Oldham Barlow, after Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Bt
mezzotint
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by Thomas Oldham Barlow, after David Octavius Hill
mixed-method engraving
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Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster
by Thomas Oldham Barlow, after Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Bt
mixed-method engraving
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by Thomas Oldham Barlow, after Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Bt
mixed-method engraving
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by Thomas Oldham Barlow, after Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Bt
stipple engraving
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by Thomas Oldham Barlow
mixed-method engraving
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by Thomas Oldham Barlow
mixed-method engraving
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by Thomas Oldham Barlow, after Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Bt
stipple engraving
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by Thomas Oldham Barlow, after Unknown artist
mixed-method engraving
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